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Anna Bligh's husband Greg Withers resigns

Bridie Jabour

Greg Withers, with his wife Anna Bligh, after her election defeat. Mr Withers resigned from the Queensland public service today. Photo: Harrison Saragossi

The husband of the former Premier Anna Bligh, Greg Withers, has resigned from his job in Queensland's public service but the LNP government has said he was not pressured to do so.

Mr Withers tendered his resignation this morning and today will be his last day in the office.

He was the Director of the Office of Climate Change and after the March 24 election Premier Campbell Newman ordered him to wind back green energy programs he had helped to create over the past four years.

A spokesman for the Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection Andrew Powell said there was no pressure from the government and Mr Wither's decision to resign was a "personal" one.

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9 comments

Good bye- Good Luck - Good riddance

Commenter

The Tax payer

Location

Brisbane

Date and time

June 01, 2012, 1:41PM

Jeeze! Give the poor guy a break. Can't you lighten up for even one minute? It’s pretty clear which side all the vitriol is coming from.

Right... so from now on, the next one to say any nasty personal stuff is 'IT'!

Commenter

Dinky Di

Location

Wamberal

Date and time

June 01, 2012, 4:06PM

Good. Saved the taxpayer a redundancy payout.

Commenter

Trent

Location

Taringa

Date and time

June 01, 2012, 2:04PM

Well she's getting $150000 a year for doing nothing, for the rest of her life, and unlike poor common people like you and me, this isn't means tested. It's upper class welfare.

Commenter

Duncan

Location

Bowen Hills

Date and time

June 01, 2012, 2:07PM

The Tax payer @ 1:41 pm - Good riddance? You don't like green energy programmes? Why? Are you one of the polluters?

This is just further proof that Newman is going to do a job on this State that desperate Tony (NO) would be proud of.

Biggest problem is that the REAL taxpayers will have to spend so much more later on when it becomes abundantly clear even to the mentally challenged, that it is necessary and THAT will happen.

Everyone is entitled to have an opinion, but that is no reason to INSULT tax payers - a change of name is recommended.

Commenter

John

Location

Rochedale

Date and time

June 01, 2012, 2:25PM

That just saved us a few million in redundancy.See ya buddy!!!

Commenter

David T

Date and time

June 01, 2012, 2:44PM

Climate Change? What's that. Sounds like some kind of new fad.

Commenter

fatboy

Location

Gold Coast

Date and time

June 01, 2012, 3:10PM

If I was told to 'unwind' my work of four years, I'd be quitting Steven Slater style... Pity Greg doesn't have that option :(

Commenter

whippersnapper

Location

Brisbane

Date and time

June 01, 2012, 4:09PM

Guess with no taxpayer funded mobile and secretary, and now the husband out of the near quarter of a mill job she put him into, poor old Anna will just have to make do on her $150,000 a year nest egg. Life must be real tough for her now on Struggle Street.